1 Chronicles 1–3

Chapter 1

¹Adam, Seth, Enosh, ²Cainan, Mahalaleel, Jared, ³Enoch, Methushelah, Lemech, ⁴Noah; Shem, Ham, and Japheth. ⁵The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. ⁶—And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Diphath, and Togarmah. ⁷And the sons of Javan: Elishah and Tarshish, Kittim and Rodanim. ⁸The sons of Ham: Cush and Mizraim, Phut and Canaan. ⁹—And the sons of Cush: Seba and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raama, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. ¹⁰And Cush begot Nimrod: he began to be mighty on the earth. ¹¹—And Mizraim begot the Ludim, and the Anamim, and the Lehabim, and the Naphtuhim, ¹²and the Pathrusim, and the Casluhim out of whom came the Philistines, and the Caphtorim. ¹³—And Canaan begot Zidon his firstborn, and Heth, ¹⁴and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite, ¹⁵and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, ¹⁶and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. ¹⁷The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech. ¹⁸—And Arphaxad begot Shelah, and Shelah begot Eber. ¹⁹And to Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan. ²⁰And Joktan begot Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, ²¹and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, ²²and Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba, ²³and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were sons of Joktan. ²⁴Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, ²⁵Eber, Peleg, Reu, ²⁶Serug, Nahor, Terah, ²⁷Abram: the same is Abraham.

²⁸The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael. ²⁹These are their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam; ³⁰Mishma and Dumah; Massa, Hadad, and Tema; ³¹Jetur, Naphish, and Kedmah: those are the sons of Ishmael. ³²—And the sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: she bore Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan. ³³And the sons of Midian: Ephah, and Epher, and Enoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were sons of Keturah. ³⁴And Abraham begot Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel. ³⁵The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah. ³⁶—The sons of Eliphaz: Teman and Omar, Zephi and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek. ³⁷The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. ³⁸And the sons of Seir: Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan. ³⁹—And the sons of Lotan: Hori and Homam. And Lotan’s sister, Timna. ⁴⁰—The sons of Shobal: Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi and Onam. —And the sons of Zibeon: Ajah and Anah. ⁴¹—The sons of Anah: Dishon. —And the sons of Dishon: Hamran, and Eshban, and Jithran, and Cheran. ⁴²—The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Jaakan. —The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran. ⁴³And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before there reigned a king over the children of Israel: —Bela the son of Beor; and the name of his city was Dinhabah. ⁴⁴And Bela died; and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead. ⁴⁵And Jobab died; and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead. ⁴⁶And Husham died; and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the fields of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith. ⁴⁷And Hadad died; and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead. ⁴⁸And Samlah died; and Saul of Rehoboth on the river reigned in his stead. ⁴⁹And Saul died; and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead. ⁵⁰And Baal-hanan died; and Hadad reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pai; and his wife’s name was Mehetabel the daughter of Matred, daughter of Mezahab. ⁵¹And Hadad died. And the chiefs of Edom were: chief Timna, chief Aliah, chief Jetheth, ⁵²chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon, ⁵³chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar, ⁵⁴chief Magdiel, chief Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom.

Chapter 2

¹These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah, Issachar and Zebulun, ²Dan, Joseph and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher. ³The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born to him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah; and he slew him. ⁴And Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Pherez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five. ⁵The sons of Pherez: Hezron and Hamul. ⁶And the sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all. ⁷And the sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the accursed thing. ⁸And the sons of Ethan: Azariah. ⁹And the sons of Hezron, who were born to him: Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai. ¹⁰And Ram begot Amminadab; and Amminadab begot Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah; ¹¹and Nahshon begot Salma, and Salma begot Boaz, ¹²and Boaz begot Obed, and Obed begot Jesse; ¹³and Jesse begot his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third, ¹⁴Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, ¹⁵Ozem the sixth, David the seventh; ¹⁶and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three. ¹⁷And Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.

¹⁸And Caleb the son of Hezron had children by Azubah his wife, and by Jerioth: her sons are these: Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon. ¹⁹And Azubah died, and Caleb took him Ephrath, and she bore him Hur. ²⁰And Hur begot Uri, and Uri begot Bezaleel. ²¹And afterwards Hezron went to the daughter of Machir, the father of Gilead, and he took her when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub. ²²And Segub begot Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead; ²³and Geshur and Aram took the villages of Jair from them, with Kenath and its dependent towns, sixty cities. All these were sons of Machir the father of Gilead. ²⁴And after the death of Hezron in Caleb-Ephratah, Abijah, Hezron’s wife, bore him Ashhur, the father of Tekoa. ²⁵And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were: Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, of Ahijah. ²⁶And Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam. ²⁷And the sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahmeel, were Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker. ²⁸And the sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada. And the sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur. ²⁹And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bore him Ahban and Molid. ³⁰And the sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim; and Seled died without sons. ³¹And the sons of Appaim: Jishi; and the sons of Jishi: Sheshan; and the sons of Sheshan: Ahlai. ³²And the sons of Jada, the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan; and Jether died without sons. ³³And the sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel. ³⁴And Sheshan had no sons, but daughters; and Sheshan had an Egyptian servant, whose name was Jarha; ³⁵and Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as wife, and she bore him Attai. ³⁶And Attai begot Nathan, and Nathan begot Zabad, ³⁷and Zabad begot Ephlal, and Ephlal begot Obed, ³⁸and Obed begot Jehu, and Jehu begot Azariah, ³⁹and Azariah begot Helez, and Helez begot Elasah, ⁴⁰and Elasah begot Sismai, and Sismai begot Shallum, ⁴¹and Shallum begot Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begot Elishama. ⁴²And the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron. ⁴³And the sons of Hebron: Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema. ⁴⁴And Shema begot Raham, the father of Jorkeam. And Rekem begot Shammai; ⁴⁵and the son of Shammai was Maon; and Maon was the father of Beth-zur. ⁴⁶And Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Haran, and Moza, and Gazez; and Haran begot Gazez. ⁴⁷And the sons of Jehdai: Regem, and Jotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph. ⁴⁸Maachah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah; ⁴⁹and she bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbena and the father of Gibea. And the daughter of Caleb was Achsah. ⁵⁰These are the sons of Caleb. The sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah: Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim, ⁵¹Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Beth-gader. ⁵²And Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim had sons: Haroeh, Hazi-Hammenuhoth. ⁵³And the families of Kirjath-jearim were the Jithrites, and the Puthites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zoreathites and the Eshtaolites. ⁵⁴The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, and the Netophathites. Atroth-Beth-Joab, and the Hazi-Hammana-hethites, the Zorites; ⁵⁵and the families of the scribes who dwelt at Jabez: the Tireathites, the Shimeathites, the Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.

Chapter 3

¹And these are the sons of David, who were born to him in Hebron: the firstborn, Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jizreelitess; the second, Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess; ²the third, Absalom the son of Maachah, daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; ³the fifth, Shephatiah of Abital; the sixth, Ithream, of Eglah his wife: ⁴six were born to him in Hebron. And there he reigned seven years and six months. And in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years. ⁵And these were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel; ⁶and Ibhar, and Elishama, and Eliphelet, ⁷and Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, ⁸and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine: ⁹all were sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines; and Tamar was their sister.

¹⁰And Solomon’s son was Rehoboam; Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son, ¹¹Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son, ¹²Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son, ¹³Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son, ¹⁴Amon his son, Josiah his son. ¹⁵And the sons of Josiah: the firstborn…